Author: Victor HugoPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Works of Victor Hugo: The history of a crime. Napoleon the Little
Author: Victor HugoHistory of a Crime
Author: Victor HugoPublisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 657
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The history of a crime. Napoleon the little
Author: Victor HugoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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The History of a Crime
Author: Victor HugoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Hugo's Works
Author: Victor HugoPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434489248
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Volume Sixteen of The Works of Victor Hugo features "This History of a Crime" (Part 2) and "Napoleon the Little."
The History of a Crime
Author: Victor HugoPublisher: 谷月社
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Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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On December 1, 1851, Charras[1] shrugged his shoulder and unloaded his pistols. In truth, the belief in the possibility of a coup d'état had become humiliating. The supposition of such illegal violence on the part of M. Louis Bonaparte vanished upon serious consideration. The great question of the day was manifestly the Devincq election; it was clear that the Government was only thinking of that matter. As to a conspiracy against the Republic and against the People, how could any one premeditate such a plot? Where was the man capable of entertaining such a dream? For a tragedy there must be an actor, and here assuredly the actor was wanting. To outrage Right, to suppress the Assembly, to abolish the Constitution, to strangle the Republic, to overthrow the Nation, to sully the Flag, to dishonor the Army, to suborn the Clergy and the Magistracy, to succeed, to triumph, to govern, to administer, to exile, to banish, to transport, to ruin, to assassinate, to reign, with such complicities that the law at last resembles a foul bed of corruption. What! All these enormities were to be committed! And by whom? By a Colossus? No, by a dwarf. People laughed at the notion. They no longer said "What a crime!" but "What a farce!" For after all they reflected; heinous crimes require stature. Certain crimes are too lofty for certain hands. A man who would achieve an 18th Brumaire must have Arcola in his past and Austerlitz in his future. The art of becoming a great scoundrel is not accorded to the first comer. People said to themselves, Who is this son of Hortense? He has Strasbourg behind him instead of Arcola, and Boulogne in place of Austerlitz. He is a Frenchman, born a Dutchman, and naturalized a Swiss; he is a Bonaparte crossed with a Verhuell; he is only celebrated for the ludicrousness of his imperial attitude, and he who would pluck a feather from his eagle would risk finding a goose's quill in his hand. This Bonaparte does not pass currency in the array, he is a counterfeit image less of gold than of lead, and assuredly French soldiers will not give us the change for this false Napoleon in rebellion, in atrocities, in massacres, in outrages, in treason. If he should attempt roguery it would miscarry. Not a regiment would stir. Besides, why should he make such an attempt? Doubtless he has his suspicious side, but why suppose him an absolute villain? Such extreme outrages are beyond him; he is incapable of them physically, why judge him capable of them morally? Has he not pledged honor? Has he not said, "No one in Europe doubts my word?" Let us fear nothing. To this could be answered, Crimes are committed either on a grand or on a mean scale. In the first category there is Caesar; in the second there is Mandrin. Caesar passes the Rubicon, Mandrin bestrides the gutter. But wise men interposed, "Are we not prejudiced by offensive conjectures? This man has been exiled and unfortunate. Exile enlightens, misfortune corrects."
The Works of Victor Hugo ...: History of a crime
Author: Victor HugoPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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The Works of Victor Hugo ...: Napoleon the little
Author: Victor HugoPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Napoleon the Little
Author: Victor HugoPublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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The Works of Victor Hugo
Author: Victor HugoPublisher: BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN: 1610420039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2912
Book Description
Victor Hugo is often regarded as one of the greatest French writers of all time. Best known today, for his classic novels "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Misérables," Hugo had several novels and stories regarded equally high, and they are collected here (along with all of his other classics). This collection includes: The History of a Crime The Hunchback of Notre Dame Les Miserables The Man Who Laughs The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Napoleon the Little
